This podcast is about gratitude and humility, focus and perseverance..... and turtles!!

Music by Bryan Hayslett: Support his music bryanhayslett.com

This is a deep hip opening class, leading to kurmasana, tortoise

This podcast is recorded live at Jivamukti Yoga School in NYC. The music for this class is by Max ZT, check his band out at houseofwaters.com

Also, check out this short companion video for the weird (perhaps incoherent) part of the sequence.

https://youtu.be/7q33L4dhp2k

Two blocks for this practice is very helpful.

The guru is the energy that leads to awakening, when we mistake the proximal guru for the ultimate truth, we can run into problems. Live Music by Lisa Apatini and Tiago Ribera. Sequence is very twisty, leading up to rotated bound triangle using a belt. Youtube video for visual instruction: https://youtu.be/fV_JeHluPN4

Why do we practice physical postures? There are so many forms of yoga, and the most common form in the west is the physical yoga.

This is the story of an Octopus, read from "The Soul of the Octopus." This story takes place in an aquarium, which ultimately I believe all animals should be free from their cages -- perhaps the more we know about these amazing animals the less we will be inclined to keep them in captivity. In the meantime, what about the eggs in the fridge and the scallop on the plate? What can this octopus story teach us about the other animals in our lives.

Hip Opening focus with Kurmasana

Music by: Lisa Apatini and Tiago Grade

Our creative development is interdependent and interconnected to all various factors in our lives and especially to our teachers.

Music by Bryan Hayslett: bryanhayslett.com

Are we bound by our conditioning, or does the possibility of freedom, spontaneity, creativity exist? Where does true spontaneity come from and what is its relationship to practice?

Are we bound by our conditioning, or does the possibility of freedom, spontaneity, creativity exist? Where does true spontaneity come from and what is its relationship to practice?

Are we bound by our conditioning, or does the possibility of freedom, spontaneity, creativity exist? Where does true spontaneity come from and what is its relationship to practice?

We bring our own assumptions, viewpoints, prejudices, predispositions to each relationship and encounter with another. Yoga primes us to see the potential for more than just one viewpoint, and opens up the potential for limitless possibility and and expansion of sense of self through compassion for all beings.